Bonita Zarrillo at the Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities Committee

On November 2nd, 2022. See this statement in context.

November 2nd, 2022 / 5:30 p.m.

NDP

Bonita Zarrillo NDP Port Moody—Coquitlam, BC

Thank you, Mr. Chair.

I wanted to revisit this idea of the necessities of life because of what we heard in some testimony.

Mr. Gladstone, I will ask you to answer first, and then Mr. Neven.

What we heard in some testimony was that it costs more to have a disability. It costs more than the average necessities of life, even with our Poverty Reduction Act, which talks about a poverty level or a poverty line. Mr. Neven, you talked about a $1,000 gap in housing alone.

Mr. Gladstone, do you have any suggestions for what financial security needs to look like in the way of a minimum benefit, and what kinds of things it needs to cover?

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